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Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle, Lena Dunham and Others Pay Tribute to Gloria Steinem

After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.

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Gloria Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, said in a tribute on Thursday.
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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Ms. Steinem at a rally in 1968. “The truth will set you free,” she liked to say, “but first it will piss you off.”
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